ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad

Faculty of Science and Technology

B.Tech, Semester-I, July-November 2018

OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES (PHY114)

End-Semester

Duration: 3 hrs Marks: 40 M

Date: 19.11.2018 Weights: 40%
Instructions for Part A
Write the correct answer in the table provided ONLY. Each question has only one correct answer.
Part A question paper will be taken back after 30 minutes.

Part – A

Time: 30 minutes 20×0.5M=10 M

1. MCQ’s

Q No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ANS

Q No. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

ANS

1. The phase difference between acceleration of a particle executing simple harmonic

motion and the displacement is
a) π b) 0.707π c) Zero d) 0.5π
2. Which one of the following statements is true for the speed ‘v’ and the acceleration ‘a’ of
a particle executing simple harmonic motion?
a) When v is maximum, a is maximum
b) Value of a is zero, whatever maybe the value of v
c) When v is zero, a is zero
d) When v is maximum, a is zero
3. The composition of two simple harmonic motions of equal periods at right angle to each
other and with zero phase difference results in the displacement of the particle along
a) Circle b) Figure of eight c) Straight line d) Ellipse
4. The magnitude of work required to stop a moving object is equal to:
a) the velocity of the object
b) the kinetic energy of the object
c) the mass of the object times its acceleration
d) the mass of the object times its velocity
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5. A force on a particle is conservative if:
a) its work equals the change in kinetic energy of the particle
b) it obeys Newton’s second law
c) it obeys Newton’s third law
d) its work depends only on the end points and not on the path taken
6. Which of the following is NOT a conservative force?
a) Gravity b) Spring force c) Electric force d) Frictional force
7. What two factors determine the power of a machine or person?
a) force applied and displacement
b) acceleration and mass
c) amount of work done and time taken
d) force applied and time of application
8. A guitar string resonates at a fundamental frequency of 300 Hz. Which of the following
frequencies can set the string into resonance?
a) 30 Hz b) 100 Hz c) 200 Hz d) 600 Hz
9. A phase difference π between two interfering light beams is equivalent to the path
difference
a) λ b) λ/2 c) λ/3 d) λ/4
10. When a light wave is reflected at the surface of an optically denser medium, then the
change in phase is
a) π/4 b) π / 2 c) π d) 2π
11. If an LCR circuit with resistance 10Ω, capacitance 10-2F has a resonant frequency 104s-1.
The inductance in the circuit is
a) 10-6H b) 10H c) 105H d) 10-4H
12. The LCR circuit is considered to be an electrical analogue of the mechanical oscillator.
Which circuit element is analogous to mass?
a) Inductor b) capacitor c) resistor d) none of the above
13. If ω0 is the natural frequency of the system and ω is the frequency of the external force
that acts on an oscillating system, then for any forced harmonic oscillation, at resonance
a) ω ≈ ω0 b) ω ≠ ω0 c) ω < ω0 d) ω > ω0
14. The displacement of a string is given by y(x,t) = ymsin(kx +ωt). The wavelength of the
wave is:
a) 2πk/ω b) k/ω c) ωk d) 2π/k
15. A traveling sinusoidal wave is shown below. At
which point is the motion 180 degrees out of
phase with the motion at point B?
a) B b) C c) D d) E

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16. Water waves in the sea are observed to have a wavelength of 300 m and a frequency of
0.07 Hz. The speed of these waves is:
a) 0.00021 m/s b) 2.1 m/s c) 21 m/s d) 210 m/s
17. Let f be the frequency, v the speed, and T the period of a sinusoidal traveling wave. The
angular frequency is given by:
a) 1/T b) 2π/T c) vT d) f/T
18. Interference of light is evidence that:
a) the speed of light is very large
b) light is a transverse wave
c) light is electromagnetic in character
d) light is a wave phenomenon
19. The reason there are two slits, rather than one, in a Young's experiment is:
a) to create a path length difference
b) to increase the intensity
c) one slit is for frequency, the other for wavelength
d) two slits in parallel offer less resistance.
20. If two light waves are coherent:
a) their amplitudes are the same
b) their frequencies are the same
c) their wavelengths are the same
d) their phase difference is constant

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 ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad
Faculty of Science and Technology
B.Tech, Semester-I, July-November 2018

OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES (PHY114)

End-Semester exam

Duration: 3 hrs Marks: 40 M

Date: 19.11.2018 Weights: 40%

Instructions for Part B

Provide answers in the answer booklet only

Part – B
Time: 2.5 hours Marks: 30 M
Answer in brief the following

2. A boy pulls a sled in which his sister is sitting with a constant velocity for 13m. The
combined mass of the sled and the girl is 25 kg. The rope makes an angle of 31 degrees with
the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the ground is 0.23.
Find the
a) Constant force F applied by the boy
b) Work done by the boy.
[3M]

3. A 60- kg diver with an initial speed of 0.75 m/s dives 3.00 m before hitting the surface of the
water in a swimming pool. (a) Calculate the velocity with which the diver would hit the
water surface. (b) If the diver touches the bottom of the 1.5 m deep pool with a speed of 0.5
m/s, calculate the energy lost due to the drag force of the water. [3M]
4. Two vibrations at right angles to one another are described by the equations
x = A1Cos (2 π t), y = A2Cos (2 π t + π/6) where A1=2 cm and A2=4 cm. Construct the
Lissajous figure of the combined motion using the rotating vector notation. The points have
to be neatly labelled and give the direction in which the object moves in the x-y plane. [4M]
5. Find the frequency of the resultant motion when a sinusoidal vibration of x1=sin (10πt) is
combined with x2=cos (12πt-π/4). [2M]

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6. A mass-spring system of m=3 kg and a spring constant of k=11 N/m initially oscillates with
an amplitude of 20 cm. The amplitude falls to three-fourths of this initial value after four
complete cycles. (i) Find the value of b. (ii) what is the energy “lost” during these four
cycles? [3M]
7. The differential equation describing a forced oscillator is given by
d 2x
(0.2kg) 2  (6 Nm 1 sec)  (80 ) x  2 N  cos(10t )
dx N
dt dt m
In the steady state, what is the amplitude of the forced oscillation? [2M]
8. The equation of a transverse wave traveling along a very long string is given by
y= (3 cm) sin [(4π rad/m)x+(6π rad/s)t]. Calculate (a) the amplitude, (b) the wavelength, (c)
the frequency, (d) the speed, (e) the direction of propagation of the wave, and (f) the
maximum transverse speed of a particle in the string. [4M]
9. Find the (a) amplitude and speed of the component waves whose superposition is given by
the standing wave equation y= (0.630 cm) sin [(2 rad/cm)x] cos [(150 rad/s)t]. (b) Find the
distance between nodes. (c) What is the transverse displacement of a particle of the string at
the position x= 1.6 cm at time t=1.5 s? [3M]
10. The angular position of the first minimum in a double slit arrangement, is found to be 0.13°.
The setup is illuminated with a light of wavelength 546 nm. The screen is at a distance of 55
cm from the slits. (a) Find the distance between the two slits and (b) Find the distance of the
second maxima from the center of the screen. [3M]
11. White light at normal incidence illuminates a thin film. If the thickness of the film is 400 nm
and the refractive index is 1.45, what wavelengths of light (400-700 nm) will be seen on
reflection? [3M]

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